Title

Solid state sound: A "hot" topic

Authors

Andrew Barnard, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Publication Date

11-16-2016

Description

As seen with the latest iPhone 7 release, traditional audio components can now be a limiting factor in technology design. What if we could make a loudspeaker with no moving parts and virtually no weight? Carbon nanotube loudspeakers are such devices. They create sound using heat oscillations, as opposed to a moving diaphragm. They have the thickness of only a handful of carbon atoms, are flexible and stretchable. In this TechTalk I’ll discuss the carbon nanotube loudspeaker and the design challenges in maturing this intriguing technology.

Disciplines

Engineering Mechanics | Mechanical Engineering

Recommended Citation

Barnard, Andrew, "Solid state sound: A "hot" topic" (2016). TechTalks. 14.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/techtalks/14